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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.

Saint Augustine

In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
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Character Discover Love Observe People
God gives where he finds empty hands.
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Empty Giving God Hands
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.
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Holy Home Letter Scripture
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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Fashion Hell One Liner
Love endures in adversity, is moderate in prosperity; brave under harsh sufferings, cheerful in good works; utterly reliable in temptation, utterly open-handed in hospitality; as happy as can be among true brothers and sisters, as patient as you can get among the false one’s.
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Adversity Brave Cheer Endurance Love Moderate Prosperity Suffering
Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
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Body Die Forever Future Live Soul Take Care
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
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God Lord Value
There is no possible source of evil except good.
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Evil Goodness Possible Source
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Explanation Time
When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.
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God Indeed Strength Weakness
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
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God Money Need Poor Receive
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
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Book Page Travel World
I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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Love Philosophy
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Ansence Justice Organize Robber
Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you.
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Dependent God Inspirational Pray Responsiblity Work Hard
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Crime Despair God Lord Save

Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.

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Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational souls.

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